Thursday, August 26, 2010

Mixed Feeding Flock #15

Keeping abreast of bird and birding news, good and bad....

Parque Natural da Madeira

* BirdLife International is urgently asking for donations for Zino's Petrel, Europe's rarest seabird. The species, which nests on a few mountains on Madeira Island, was devastated by a massive forest fire in the area this month. You can donate here to help with recovery efforts.

* In happier news, we learn from the American Bird Conservancy that the EPA and Bayer CropScience have come to an agreement to phase out the production of the pesticide Aldicarb by 2014, and its use four years later. Aldicarb, which can be extremely lethal, has been documented in numerous bird kills, including of Bald and Golden eagles, the group says.

* Tomorrow - that's Friday the 27th - Princeton University Press is giving away two bird books. More on their Twitter page.

* And here is the New York Times on an under-appreciated birding region in Peru. Lyre-Tailed Nightjar? yes, please!!

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April 2014 issue! Rarity Focusis the northward spred of the Sinaloa Wren and an Old World warbler in Bermuda. Articles on FY2015 federal budget impact on conservation; impact of the Galveston Bay oil spill; future of New York's Jamaica Bay after Hurricane Sandy, and much more. Previous issues available here.

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Half of BirdCouple appeared on Bill Moyers" PBS show in April 2007 (non-birding)

One day....

... the Sage Valmiki saw a bird couple sitting on a branch of a tree engaged in their tete-a-tete. While he was blessingly admiring the bird couple, a wicked arrow of a hunter pierced through the male bird, which fell instantly to the ground, and the female bird chirped bemoaningly. Equally hurt as with an arrow, the poet uttered: "For endless years to come, O Hunter, never shall thy soul find peace" - The Ramayana